In this episode, Hannah interviews Sophie about writing a personal statement for Engineering.

Insight into University (Headstart) website: https://www.etrust.org.uk/insight-into-university

The hard-to-say book Sophie used for super-curricular reading: Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems

Timestamps:

0:00 - introductions

0:55 - advice for prospective students

1:45 - extra-curricular activities/hobbies in a personal statement?

3:40 - finding an interest in engineering (and addressing that there isn't a specific A-Level in engineering, even though some A-Level subjects use similar knowledge and skills)

5:00 - Headstart/Insight into University

6:33 - some recommended/interesting super-curricular resources

9:13 - navigating and understanding differences between the (general) Oxford course, and courses at other universities which might focus on a specific aspect of engineering

15:22 - things Sophie had in her personal statement (structure and breakdown)

17:08 - wrapping up